{"id":396,"date":"2014-04-11T05:05:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2014-04-11T05:05:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T05:05:56","slug":"debut-at-the-metropolitan-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/2014\/04\/11\/debut-at-the-metropolitan-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Opera debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolas made an impressive debut in the role of Colline in Puccini\u2019s\u00a0<i>La boh\u00e9me<\/i>\u00a0at The Metropolitan Opera\u2019s in March. Reviewers cited Mr. Test\u00e9\u2019s moving performance, stating: \u201cIn his company debut, Nicolas Test\u00e9 brought dark hues with a hint of buffo bounce to the role of Colline, singing a \u2018Vecchia zimarra\u2019 that was straightforward, but tender nonetheless.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/newyorkclassicalreview.com\/2014\/03\/its-ladies-night-for-the-new-cast-in-the-mets-venerable-la-boheme\/\">New York Classical Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sense of loss was also beautifully depicted by Nicolas Test\u00e9\u2019s Colline during his famed \u2018Vecchia zimarra, senti.\u2019 Test\u00e9\u2019s voice caressed each phrase, underlying a far deeper meaning than just the loss of the garment; in his pained singing, the listener could grasp Colline\u2019s understanding of the tragedy taking place. His final \u2018addio\u2019 was held out for a few moments, furthering this sense of loss.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinospost.com\/articles\/35372\/20140331\/metropolitan-opera-2013-14-review-la-boheme-vittorio-grigolo-anita.htm\">Latinos Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas travels to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.operadeparis.fr\/en\/saison-2013-2014\/opera\/la-traviata-giuseppe-verdi\">Op\u00e9ra national de Paris<\/a>\u00a0in June to sing the role of Dr. Grenvil in Verdi\u2019s romantic tragedy,\u00a0<i>La traviata<\/i>. A spectacular cast joins Mr. Test\u00e9, including Diana Damrau as\u00a0Violetta Val\u00e9ry, Francesco Demuro as Alfredo Germont and\u00a0Ludovic T\u00e9zier as Giorgio\u00a0Germont.\u00a0Daniel Oren and Francesco Ivan Ciampa conduct the\u00a0Orchestre et Choeur de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra national de Paris.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolas made an impressive debut in the role of Colline in Puccini\u2019s\u00a0La boh\u00e9me\u00a0at The Metropolitan Opera\u2019s in March. Reviewers cited Mr. Test\u00e9\u2019s moving performance, stating: \u201cIn his company debut, Nicolas Test\u00e9 brought dark hues with a hint of buffo bounce to the role of Colline, singing a \u2018Vecchia zimarra\u2019 that was straightforward, but tender nonetheless.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicolasteste.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}